Monday, November 29, 2010

Pig trotter-deep fried then( "tan" )steamed for an hour with superior light and dark soy sauce,cinnamon, star anise and 5 spice powder and garnished with fresh spring onion and coriander leaves-the skin was bouncy and full of elasticity-meaty was flavorful with soft collagen tendon around the joints.

Steamed Village chicken in a steel basin reinforced by a wooden bucket (seen a lot of these utensil in China)-the chicken was tender and full of herbal flavor and the juices goes well with the fried rice.

Mixed Porridge (Rm4/) with a side dish of Yong Lui (fish paste stuffed green and wanton dumpling) - (Rm1.10 /each) - the porridge contained an assortment of ingredients like mushroom, dried oyster, dried jelly fish, peanut.chopped spring onion...a rainbow of flavors and textures with every slurp while the fillings for the fish paste stuffs were generously sized and fresh.

We ordered two bowls of plain white porridge @RM2/bowl- we brought along thinly slicedGarouper meat and finely chopped Coriander leaves and added it to the piping hot porridge for extra flavor and taste !

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Another family dine-out at Chow Yhang Restaurant located in SS2, Petaling Jaya.

Having dinner together brings the family closer and it's also the time to keep up with the latest gossips and happenings.

This part of SS2 in Petaling Jaya consists of two rows of double storey shop houses, back to back and are mostly occupied with small restaurants and coffee shops.

Chow Yhang Restaurant is a small, compact, family oriented air conditioned Chinese restaurant that does not have service charges.After your meal, if you fancy some sweet pastry there is a famous Yau Char Kwai (Chinese cruller) and Hum Chi Pan (salty dough bun) stall by the road side that only open during the night.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Besides peace, love and music, a late baby boomer like me, do believe in traditional healthy invigorating soup to revitalize my aging body.

The most common and easiest of soup to boil is Chicken Herbal Soup.It's a delicious soup for both young and old.You can double boiled it for extra "strength", flavor and to increase blood circulation.

The ingredients are:Chicken drumsticks/thigh-clean and blanch.Basic herbs from Chinese medicine shop-soak in water for about 5 minutes.8 dried scallop-clean.handful of wolfberries/red dates.2 liters of RO water.

Add boiled RO water into porcelain bowl-add in all the ingredients-cover it-place it in a steamer on high heat for 30 minutes-and reduce to low heat and let it cook for another 2 hours-ready to serve .